US Patent Issued to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL on March 25 for "Implantable adjunct to assure full cutting" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,927, issued on March 25, was assigned to CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL (Zug, Switzerland).

"Implantable adjunct to assure full cutting" was invented by Mark Zeiner (Loveland, Ohio), Omar McGiveron (Cincinnati), Michael J. Vendely (Lebanon, Ohio), Sarah Scully (Cincinnati), John Schulte (Cincinnati), Madelaine Franzoni (Cincinnati) and Brody Frost (Fairfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Staple cartridge systems with implantable adjuncts and retainers are disclosed. The staple cartridge systems ensure the full-cutting of the implantable adjuncts through the structure/manufacturing of the implantable adjuncts and the retainers."

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